Yaeba dabba don’t

Introducing the new Asian fashion trend à laBagelheads: sharpened, crooked fangs. According to Daily Mail UK, Japanese women have been paying lots of money to apply layers of small fangs onto their canine teeth to create a look called “yaeba.”

Speaking of creepy, the whole trend just reminds me of “the expressionless,” this disturbing story about a mysterious fanged woman. (Warning: do NOT click that link if it’s night time, you’re alone, and you’re easily spooked. You’ll never sleep again.) Why people think it’s attractive to look like monsters is beyond me.

Never mind the aesthetic factor, how do fanged people kiss? Or talk, eat, smile, or anything without stabbing themselves in the lip with their freakish shark-like teeth?

According to WebMD, crooked teeth can make dental hygiene more of a challenge and lead to gingivitis, cavities, and other tooth and gum problems.

I can’t imagine why anyone would pay someone to intentionally mess up their teeth, but then again my parents spent thousands of dollars on my braces for two years so if my teeth were ever ruined I’d probably cry.

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When adult canine teeth first appear in the mouth – typically at the age of 11.35 years – the teeth are jagged and pointy looking and closely resemble the “crooked fang look” you describe here. So women who have their canines filed to resemble jagged points are attempting to look like they’re 11-years-old again. That is creepy, especially when you consider people find that attractive.

So are you saying all girls with “freakish” fangs are monsters? What if their parents could not afford the “thousands of dollars” on orthodontics? Am I a freak because I have natural “yaeba” teeth? Not my choice to have them. Just sayin.

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